Far-right ministers praise today’s strike targeting Hamas’s military chief Muhammad Deif and says it proves the need to continue the war, instead of reaching a ceasefire with the terror group.
“Congratulations to the prime minister, defense minister, the IDF, and Shin Bet. Now is not the time to take the foot off Sinwar’s neck,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich writes on X, referencing Hamas’s leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar.
“Continue to pressure them until they surrender or are eliminated,” he adds.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir writes that “if there was a ceasefire — the operation would not have happened.”
“The positive trend must continue: the increase of military pressure, and the continuation of the crushing of Hamas, of all its leaders and members, until it is completely defeated. Until victory,” he posts on X.
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